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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Here's a somewhat better version of this image. Can't seem to find the original on their site.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I wanted to offer wine to my ants but I don't know what is a good pairing with aphid excretions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Surely you’d want a dry wine with a sugary regurgitated course?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It's a general rule of wine pairing that the wine should be sweeter than the food

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ostriches wouldn’t eat eggs, they’re herbivores. And that looks more like a secretary bird which would definitely eat eggs since they’re carnivorous secretary bird

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

It's saying they're eating an ostrich's egg, not that the ostrich is eating an egg.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Herbivores eat a lot more meat than we're led to believe. Horses and cows will eat mice and bugs if they get the chance, and just about any animal will happily eat an egg they stumble across

The bird in the picture also has a raptor's break, so whatever it is it's likely a predator